You've got it!

I can give advice on 2 out of 3. For your triceps, give dips a try. As a compound exercise it works the tri as well as other muscles, that will help with appearance. Same theory for your biceps, instead of isolation exercises, pull ups will build biceps and keep everything in proportion. If you cant do a pull up, look into an assistance band, usually under 10 bucks.
As far as glutes go, hip thrusts are fine to add in for assistance, but the squats should do the most shaping. In a polite way of saying, most women who squat regularly have well shaped glutes!!!

^^Perfect advice and truth on your glute remarks. I told my daughter that I hope to have a lower section like hers some days. She's big on squatting. I think she could crack pistachios with her thigh muscles. Lol

I second what @Vanguard1 says. Do compound exercises that work lots of things at the same time. There is no need for isolation exercises (bicep curls etc). They just take up more time. Things like bench, row, mil press, lat pull down, upright rows, and dips will work about everything upper body wise including biceps and triceps. Do that and some core stuff for abs and lower back (crunches and back-ups). Do squats and deadlifts and calf raises for legs. I do leg presses (or used to) instead of squats because my back doesn't like squats. Squats are more of a compound lift and require core muscles whereas leg presses are more of a leg isolation exercise.

If your going for strength, I would only lift 1-3xweek for a muscle group and no more (I like to go 2xweek and I don't try to go very low reps and high weights or a ton of sets or reps either - Im in the middle somewhere). If its endurance your after, you can go light weights and probably go more often (you can do push-ups about every day but you can't go heavy bench everyday).

The LEANGAINs guy tries to get folks lean and strong by lifting about 1xweek per exercise using compound lifts and going very heavy and also eat carbs on lift days and don't on non-lift days and do a 16:8 type of diet also. That is what I understand about that (may not have that just right but close I think).

You cannot spot reduce unless you want to try to freeze some of it off which I would not attempt.

Oh no, hope you feel better soon!

1MADGIRL wrote: »

I've been sick lately and surely gained weight.

So I won't be weighing myself for a while. Till I get healthy and all.

I hope you're feeling better really soon!!!

Good luck. Get better soon!